The Ghana Health Service (GHS) released a news release about a fatal Lassa fever case on March 1, 2018.
It has been put to rest! With COVID-19, practically all other disorders vanished.
Now that everyone appears to recognize its permanence, we move! On February 26, 2023, the GHS announced that there were two confirmed cases of Lassa fever.
One death and 13 ongoing cases are reported in an update two days later.
An acute viral hemorrhagic disease is lasa fever (a severe illness caused by one of a distinct group of viruses).
Those who contract Lassa fever may just experience weakness, fever, or headaches. The virus makes a great decision at this point.
Yet occasionally, Lassa fever resembles the feared Ebola, which also causes bleeding from the lips, nose, and several other regions of the body.
Lassa fever is a severe condition that is challenging to treat. Food or other objects contaminated with rat urine or excrement can spread the infection.
The virus can be transferred from person to person by coming into contact with an infected individual's fluids.
The disease can also spread quickly when people share beds and clothes with someone who is infected.
There isn't a vaccination for it yet. In West Africa, the illness is pervasive. It is a West African native, in other words. In the past, outbreaks have happened in Benin, Guinea, Togo, and even most recently in Nigeria.
Information about the disease is shared widely online during epidemics, especially on social media.
Together with warnings from the Ghana Health Service, the traditional press selects them.
Social media circulations are particularly useful for those who are lettered.
But hang on a second, are the rats—our reservoir and the Lassa virus's host—on social media?
Do they read newspapers or listen to the radio? Not in Ghana, at least! Right, they generally hang out around the neighborhood markets.
We obtain the majority of our food from there. I am serious when I purchase at the neighbourhood market since I receive a bulk discount there.
Hence, I speak for the rats (one of the creatures that scare me most; my housemates can confirm this).
After hearing that Ghana had seen its first death from the Lassa virus this year, I visited a nearby market one lovely day.
I paused to buy some other items while I browsed the market in quest of "akrantie" (the wealthy man's meat) for my "Dearest," who was coming home that night after a trip abroad.
I saw a regular, market-sized rat go across a few meters away during my first halt.
Forget the drama I usually have with rats! "As for these rats, they are part of us," one of the women remarked.
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